Camera-shifting mechanism for moving-picture cameras.



l c. A. PHILLIPS. Y `(A-MER-A SHIFTING MI;'(HA 4\|ISM` FOR M OVINGPICTURE CAMERAS.

A' APPLICATION FILED OCT. l, |912. *Y 1,171,877.` k Peeeneed Feb.15,-1916.

.3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

, c. A; PHILUPS. CAMERA SHIFTING MECHANISM FOR MOVING PICTURE CAMERAS.

Patented Fa. 15,1916.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

4APPLICATION FILED OCT- l, 1912.

awo I CLARENCE A'. PHILLIPS, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.

CAMERA-SHIFTING'MECHANISM FOR vMovINC- PICTURE- CAMERAS.

To all 'whom if may concern: v

Be it known that I, CnARENCE A. PHII;

LIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing-l atl lVashington, District of Columbia,l have invented certain new `and useful improve ments in lCamera-Shifting Mechanism for Moving-Picture Cameras, of wh'chthe.v fol lowing` is a specification. j f My invention relates to Cameras and particularly to-ea'meras' for' taking moving'-'pnfcturesl Theseca'meraslare.

often used for, takingl pictures off-objects jects mayA travel either in a* vertiealvor a horizontal plane, or in a directionilntermediatethese two planes.

i `the camera'while the film is exposed pro-' duces a blurred effect.l The reason for this i provide mechanism which will shift thev f camera either vertically or horizontally or Heretofore the camera has been shifted by hand to follow the object. 'ilhis is unsatis-` factory not only because of the irregular movement soproduced but'iprincipal-ly because when the picture taken 'by the camera isprojected, the shifting'movement given to is that the camera is exposed. A

The primaryobJect of my-invention is to is moving while the film in a path compounded of a. vertical an'd a -horizontall movement only while the film is moving. Thus whenthe film is'displayed the .projected image will not be blurred.

A further .object is to so construct the.v shifting mechanism that it shall be actuated by the film feeding mechanism or mechanism coacting therewith vso that the camera shall onlv be shifted while the film itself is being shifted, and so that the shifting mechanism shall be positively geared with the film shifting mechanism whereby the two shallact together.

- A further object is to provide means whereby-the operator may throw the shifting mechanism into or outof operative engagement with thelm feeding mechanism at any time desiredv and whereby he may shift the camera in either of two directions.

A further object is to provide -means whereby the operator may readily shift the camera without using the mechanism connecting the camera 'shifting means with the transmission shaft or other operative' part `of the film feeding-mechanism...

Specification of Letters Patent.

Iaeeinigef'i Feb. 15, 1916.

Application filed October 1, 1912.-- Serial No. 723,427.

Other objects will appear in the course vof the Ifollowing description.

My lnvention is illustrated in thev accompanymg ldrawings whereinfA F 'gure l is a vertical section of a camera constructed in accordance with myv invention, the section' being taken on the line 1`1 'I of Fig.' 2. Fig. 2is'a horizontal section on V the line "2-2 of F iv l." Fig.` A is a vertical sectionon the lin-el L-vyo-f Fig-11,.. .Figff is an underA side plan view., 'the tripod legsfbeintermittent filmeedingg. s haft, the mechamsm for drivin communicated to thefcalmera to 'elevate it,

. .indgfxthef mechanism4 whereby the-1not1onfof thevshaftmay be depress it or turn vit from side to side.' Fig.

6 is a side elevation -partl'y sectional of the upper portion of a tripod `and the lower por-'- tion of the camera showing a modified-means vfor' engagingthe camera supportingbase plate with the rotatable plate. Fig. 7 is a plan View of\the'plate 39.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingydescription and indi-y cated in all the views of the accompanying'f` drawings by the same reference character Referring now 4,t0 these drawings, 2 desig nates mthe outer case ofthe camera which may be ofsuitable form and which as illus-v trated is divided into two compartments by a longitudinal partition 3, one of these compartments being designed to contain the actuating mechanism for the film feeding shaft, and the other of which compartments contains theretorts or magazines from which the film is delivered and into which it is r'e-- ceived. Ofcourse, the details of the film magazine and film feeding mechanism are not shown as these form no part of my in-` vention. i l

It will be seen from Figs. 2 and 3 that the film compartment. 4 containsthe retorts 5 and 6 shown in dottedrlines in Fig. 1, and that from the retort 5 the film 7 passes upward over suitable guide rollers, then down beneath the tension. rollers 8, 8 andin contact` with the sprocket wheel 9, then upward to form the upper loop and' downward in front of the camera gate or 'pressure door (not illustrated), then down around the lower roller 10, then upward again over the tension rollers 1l and in on tactwith thesprocket wheel 9 and over suit- I f6@ ing in section. Ffi f 'fis detailfview of the able guide rollers backfto the receiving or. take-up retort 6. It'is to be understood ythat the film when it passes in'tokthe' retort 6 i' is wound upon a reel disposed'withinsaid retort, this reel being drivenbya .sprocket chain, belt or any other 'suitable device froml a band wheel or sprocket'. wheel mounted upon theshaft 15 and illustratedjas made integral with the' gear ywheel 14.;

I Wish it understood thatthe-mechanism heretofore referred to is the ordinary mecha-l nism4 to be found inmoving picture-cameras and no'part of itis my invention, and thatk I do not wish to be limited to anyparticulan details of construction norto. the meohanisn described.

The filmas will be well understood `b` those skilled in the' artmoves intermittently and mounted to `coactvwith the movement o the film' is a shutter12 which moves continu-i' ously but is-formed with-an opening which l yuncovers the film during its period of restl and`occults the film during .K its lperiod of movement.y The shutter as illustrated is driven by a be'vel gear vwheel* 13 Which engages with a bevel lgearwheel 14 considerably larger in diameter than the vbevel gear wheelfliand mountedupon a shaft 15 which passes entirely through the side ofthe camera and which carries upon it the sprocket wheel 9. This shaft carries upon its outerend a' crank and formsthemain drive shaft of the film feedingand shutter actuating mechanism. A gear wheel 16A on this shaft engages a pinion 16a von'a counter Shaft 16h.

Mounted upon a ishaft 17 which I will hereafter call the film feeding shaft, is

. astar wheel' designated 18 which. is actu- 40.

ated intermittently by a pin projecting-from la'disk 19, on shaft 16h..v It will beiseen that this combination constitutes the ordinary Geneva stop motion ordinarily used in machines of this lcharacter to secure an'inter mittent actuation ofthe film feeding shaft from the continuously operating driving gear. 'I do notwish to be limited to any l particular method of driving the shaft 17 intermittently as- Various mechanisms may beused for` the purpose and these `mechanisms `form no part of my present invention.

. Also mounted upon the shaft 17 is a pinion posed clutch teeth and a. apted to engage the `clutohteeth on either one of the gearsl 25 orf26'or'to be shifted to a neutral position where it vwill engage neither of these clutch' teeth so that the gears will revolve without. actuating the shaft 24. It is ob-l 'viousv thatbyv shifting the clutchv sleeve 27 vfrom one eXtreme of its movement to the ot'her, one or the' other ofthe' bevel gear wheels 25er 26 will be operativelyengaged vwith the shaft and vthat thereby the sh'aft 24 ,'willfbeiro'tated in one -direction or the other.

For 4the purpose of shifting the' clutch "gislee'veI 27, I .provide a lever 28. which is Ipivojtve'd upon the shaft 17 land formed with Ta wnwardly projecting finger having a ed ced lower yportion forming a yoke-enaging a groove in the clutch sleeve. This ever 28 is preferably held in a neutral posisprings as. illustrated are angular in form and theresilient terminal ends thereof eX- .dition fby'means of opposed springs 29. These tendv down on each side of the lever.v It will be obvious that the lever maybe pressed in one direction or the other to throw the l clutch sleeveso as to rotate the shaft 24 in one directionor the other,but when pressure is released from the lever 28, the spring will'return to its neutral position and the shaft 24 will be. designated from the shaft 22. l

Mountedupon the` shaft 2,4 is a worm 30,

-the shaft'being supported in bearings 31.

This worm engages with a worm gear wheel 32`mounted upon a shaft 33 supported Ain bearings on the under side of the camera, the bottom ofthe camera "being cut away as at 34 t'o per-mit the Worm gear 32 to pro-ject into engagement with the screw threads-of thejworm-30. Carried by the shaft 33 and preferably formedfintegral with the worm gear 32 is aA gear wheel 35 having the form of a spur gear whoseteeth engage and intermesh with an annular rack 36 mounted uponj the bed plate 37 which forms the base for the camera and which is earriedupo-n tripod legs as vwill be later described. 1 y

l It will beobvious that a rotation of the gear 35' will cause a rotation of the camera around its'centerA of motion, the camera being rotatably connected to the center of the base 37 as is shown in Fig. 3, that is, the

base 37 is Aformed with a central perfo-rationl through which a bolt 38 passes, this bolt beA ing connected centrallyto a table 39 mounted upon-tripod legs 40. Supported upon the base 37vis a disk ortable 41 through which the bolt 38 passes and which carries 'bearings v42 4for the shaft 33. Extending down-` ward from the bottom of the camera are the `bearings 43 which also engage the shaft 33 so that the camera is mounted for pivotal movement upon the shaft 33 wherebv it may i be rotated in a'vertical plane as well as ro.- tated in a horizontal. plane. f

It will be obvious that with the construction heretofore described the intermittent rotary movement given to the shaft 17 will cause Aan intermittent rotary'movement of the shaft 22 which in turn, provided the Vlever 2.8 be' thrown, will'be communicated to the shaft 24 and rotate this shaft 24 in one or the other direction depending upony which of the gears I25 or'26is in engagement with the bevel vgear wheel 23. This rotation ofthe shaft 24 through the worm `30- will communicate motion to the gear' wheel and this in turn will rotate the camera in a horizontal plane, this movement only taking place however at the time that the shaft 17 isv actuated and this shaft 17 only being actuated at the time that the .film is being :shifted and the shutter has.

been interposed between the film and the camera lenses. y. The mechanism for giving 'a vertical movement to the camera coincident with the.

movement of the'ilm feeding shaft is practically the same vas heretofore described.k

parallel'to the shaft 24. These bevel gear wheels 45 are loosely mounted upon the ,shaft 46 and formed with clutch teeth, and.

between thesaid bevel gear wheels is disposed a sliding sleeve 47Ahavi'ng o-ppositely disposed clutch teeth, this sleeve being actuated by a lever 48 sothat. either one of the gears 45 may with the gear 44.

lThe shaft 46 is formed in three sections 46 and 46a connected by universal joints 49 so that thc section l46- of theA shaft may be shifted laterally, that is, awayfrom the worm gear wheel with which it coacts.

Formed upon. the shaft 46is the worm. 50 which engages with a iXed-sector gear 51 mounted upon the shaft 33. It will be obvious' that upon a rotation ofthe shaft 46, 46a, the worm 50 will operatively engage the gear segment 5l vand that as a consequence the camera boX will be tilted either in one .direction or the other, and it is. also obvious that this movement will only occur coinci! dentally with a. movement of the film-in precisely the same manner as before described for the mechanism giving a horizontal movement yto the camera.

For the' purpose of disengaging the worm 50 from the gear segment 51 to permit the camera to be moved verticallyby hand, I provide the slide yoke 52 which is mounted in guidest53 and whichhas the yoke portion provided with oppositely disposed bearings fortheshaft section'46a. This sliding yoke at its end is pivotally connected toaJ lever 54 which passes out through the rear end of the camera box as shownin Fig. 2. A

-spring or likedevice holds the Slide 52 in be shifted into engagement such position that the worm 50 is in engagement with the gearV segment 51 and the movement of the lever 54 is against the ac tion of this spring. It will be plain that by shifting the lever 48 in one direction or the other, the direction of movement of the camera-may be changed from a movement upward to a movement downward or vice versa, and that by shifting the lever 54, the vertical shifting mechanism of the camera may beentirely disconnected from the driving mechanism and thus the camera may be freely moved byhand.

Inorder to disconnect the camera from the mechanism for giving it a movement in a .horizontal plane -so that the camera may be moved in a horizontal plane .by hand, I provide the base plate 39 upon which the base 37`fis rotatable. This base. plate 39 is formed with a central aperture 55 and the plate 37 is formed with a depending central hub 56. provided with ratchet teeth upon its circumference as shownin Fig. 4. Under normal circumstances, the base plate 37 is .held in rigid engagement with the plate 39 to which the tripod' legs are .attached by means of a Vpawl 'or clutch 57 which is pivoted or otherwise mountedon the under face of the plate 39 and which is provided with a slightly recessed edg'e formed with teeth 58 adapted to engage vwith theteeth of the hub 56, this pawl being held in engagement with the hub 56 by means of a spring 59. The

pawl may be moved out of such engagement y means of a finger 60 pivoted at 61 to the" plate 39 and which isangular inform to engage the extremity of the'. latch or pawl 57. By shifting thenger in the direction of the arrow, F1g. 4, the latch will be moved outof engagementrwith the hub and under these circumstances it isA obvious that theV plate 37 with the camera mounted thereon may be freely shifted horizontally, the gear wheel 35 not rotating under these circumf stances. As soon as pressure is released upon the finger 60, however, the. spring 59 will cause the latch 57 to rengage the hub.

56. The plate 39 is provided with radially extending supportingbars 62 and the upper endsof the tripod legs 63- are vbifurcated and pivoted to the rojecting ends of the bars 62 by means ofp thumb bolts 64 or `in any other suitable manner.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I show another means whereby the camera supporting plate 37 may be engaged with the base`39 or disengaged therefrom to permit the camera to be rotated freely by hand -in a horizontal plane. This consists in forming the plate 37 with a plurality of openings 65 arranged in a circular series and providing the plate 39 with a spring 66projecting radially outward from the plate and carrying an upwardly projecting pin` 67 adapted to engage in any of the perforations 65. Thus normally. the two plates and 39 will be heldi'rigid with .each 'I other but when the spring 66 is depressed and the pin `withdrawn from theplate 37,'

. the plate 3.7 and the camera mechanism supported thereon will shift ently of the lplate 39.A

The operation of the invention will. be'ob; i

'vious from what has gonebefo-re. .Upon aiotation of the handle 16, the film will be fed intermittently forward If the. levers 28 and 54 are left untouched, the camera will be held in any desired directed position.-

Vhen, however, itis desired to follow an object upward, the lever 48 is shifted in one A direction, whereupon the worm 50 willengage the gear segmentl and rotate'the cam-l era lin a vertical plane.' Then it is desired that the camera shall follow in a horizontal plane, the leverV 28 is actuated in one/dire@ tion or`- the other which will actuate the wormBO and thus engage the gear wheel which willy-rotate the camera bodily in a horizontal plane. It is obvious that by actuating both of the levers 28'and 48, the' camera may be given a movement compounded of the movement in lioi'izontal'and vertical planes. -As soonas the operator removes his fingers -fromjthe levers 28 and 48,

- however, the levers will return to their origv 30 mal position and the lcamera. will oncel more come to a standstill. If it is desired to shift the camera box quickly by hand and without recourse to the gearing described, it is only e Anecessary to 'shiftthe lever 54k. It will likes .35 wise be noted, and is the vital point of my invention, that the camera only moves either 4 for.' rotation in a horizontal or vertical plane when the -film moves, and that,` at the time that the film is'eXposed for taking apicture,

40 the camera does not move, thereby -obviating the objection heretofore mentioned and ,pre-y venting any blurring of the picture` When a film taken in-my improved kcamera is pro- "jected, there will be `no blur `or irregularity `sain the movement. The lateralk or vertical movement of the picture will vbe accom.

plislied as evenly as the movement' of the object -within the bounds of the picture.

A While I have illustrated what I believe to be the best form of` my invention, and o ne whichis thoroughly effective, I wish it understood that I` do not limit myself to the specific details thereof or to the particular mechanism shown inasmuch as manyA different arrangementsofpp'arts and many differ-- freely -indepvendscribed, .a camera,'asupport therefor upony which the camera 4is ,rotatably mounted, in-

termittently actuated means for feeding a yfilm throughthe camera, and means opera'- tively connectible with theVfilm feeding Vmeans 'and operating coincidently therewith for .rotating the camera coincidently with means for intermittently feeding a film, and

means .for .connecting and disconnecting the film feeding means andthe camera moving y means. j l, ll. In an apparatus of thel character described, acamera, a support therefor upon which the vcamera is rotatably mounted, means for intermittently shifting -a `film through the camera, and means adaptedl to be placed in operation to rotate the camera. relative to said support in coincidence with` the movement of the film. l n 1 5. Inlan apparatus of the class described-,j a camera, a support upon which the camera is mountedfor rotation upon vertical and horizontal pivots, and film' feeding mecha-, nism including an intermittently vrotated film feeding shaft, and means adapted to be actuated by the shaft 'for causing rotation of` the camera uponjeither of its pivots coincidently with the* movement of the saidv shaft. j

6. In al moving picture apparatus, a

camera, a support upon 'which theV camera* I :is rotatably mounted, film feeding "mechaf nism intermittently actuated, and'means operative in co-relation with and adaptedto be .operatively connected with the film feeding `mechanism forrotatingthe camera'.`

i. 7. ,A` `moving picture` apparatus including a camera, a support'therefor upon which the camera is mounted for rotation about a ver tical axis, intermittentlyl actuated film-feeding mechanism, and means adapted to be operatively connected with the vfilm feeding Y mechanism and the camera, for rotating .the

camera about its said axis, synchronously withA the movement of the' film feeding' meansr l.

8. In a moving `picture apparatus, ,a 'c ainera, a su'pportupon which the-camera is mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis, intermittently actuated film feeding mechanism, means for rotating the camera and means' operative to connect the camera rotating meansl and the film feeding mechanism for synchronous movement.

9, In a moving picture apparatus, a camera, ay support therefor upon which the camera i'sfmou'nted for rotation in av vertical j plane and in a horizontal plane, means for rotating the camera in a horizontal plane,`

means for rotating the camera in avertical plane, intermittently actuated vfilm-feeding mechanism, means'k adapted to operatively connect either ofthe camera rotating means with the film feed-ing means, and means for 'shifting either` one of said camera rotating for operatively connecting the camera rotating means with the'film feedingk means for synchronous movement therewith in either of said'two directions.

11; A- moving picture' apparatus includ.`

infr a camera su ort therefor u on which the camera is mounted for rotationl either in a vertical plane or in a'horizontal plane, means for rotating the camera in a horizontal plane in either of two directions, means for rotating the camera in a Vertical plane in either of two directions, intermittently operated 4film feeding mechanism, and

` means for operatively connecting either of said camera rotating means with the vfilm feeding mechanism for coincident move-v ment. y

12. A moving picture apparatus including a camera, a support therefor upon Which with the the camera is rotatably mounted for movement in a plane, intermittently actuated film feeding mechanism, means for rotating said camera relative to the support, means adapted Vto operatively connect the` camera rotating means with said film feeding means whereby to operatively drive the former from the latter, and means for shifting said connecting means into and out of operative position. .y

13. A moving picture apparatus including al, camera, a Isupport therefor upon which the camera is mounted for rotation ina horizontal` plane, intermittently actuated film feeding mechanism, means for operatively connecting the camera rotating mechanism with the film feeding mechanism whereby to rotate the camera in co-rela'tion film-feeding mechanism, and means for rotating the camera independ- Cntly of the film feeding mechanism.

141e.l A moving picture camera including means for rotating the camera in a horizontal plane, meansfor rotating the `camera in a vertical plane, means intermittently actuated for feeding the film through the camera, and manually operable means for opratively connecting the film feeding meclianism with the camera rotating mechanism ou disconnecting it therefrom, and manually operable. means whereby the camera may be released and freely rotated by hand.

15. 'A moving picture camera including 'A means for rotating the camera in a horizontal plane, intermittently operated film feeding mechanism, means for rotating the camera'independently of the film feeding mechanism, and means for operatively engaging the first mentioned camera .rotating mechanism with the film feeding mechanism whereby to rotate the camera in correlation with the film feeding mechanism.

16. A moving picture'cameraincluding a support-'upon which the camera is mounted for` rotation in either a vertical or a horizontal plane, intermittently operated -film feeding mechanism disposed within the cam- `era, and means. engageable with the film 'feeding mechanism for rotating the camera ina horizontal or a vertical plane.

.17. A moving picture cameraincluding a support upon which the camera is mounted for rotation either in a horizontal or a vertical plane, intermittently actuated film feeding mechanism, mechanism disposed Within the camera` for rotating tlie'camera in a horizontal plane, mechanism disposed within the camera for rotating the camera in a vertical plane, and manually operable means for connecting said camera rotating means with the film feeding mechanism. Y

18. A -moving picture camera including a support upon Which the camera is mounted .for rotation either in a vertical or a horizontal plane, intermittently operated film feeding mechanism disposed within the camera, gearing for rotating the camera in a vertical plane in one direction or in a vertical plane in the opposite direction, gearing for rotating the camera in a horizontal planey `in.one direction or 1n a horizontal plane in directions, mechanism for rotating the camy era in a vertical plane in either of two directions, and -manually actuatable means foroperatively connecting said mechanisms with or isconnecting them from the film ,l feed sha t.

20. A moving picture camera including a camera support, a camera rotatably vmounted upon said support for movement in a horizontal plane, Va base plate having a circular series of gear teeth, -film feeding mechanism including an intermittently driven film feed shaft, a gear wheel mounted upon the cam' era and engaging said gear teeth,`and mechanism for operatively connecting or discon-v necting the gearA wheel to or from thefilm feed shaft.,

21. A moving'picture camera'including a support, a camera mounted thereon for rotation in' a horizontal plane, al base plate upon which the camera is mounted and provided with marginal teeth arranged in "annularfseries, a. gear Wheel mounted upon the camera and engaging said teeth, film feed mechanism including f an intermittently driven film Afeed shaft, manually actuatable -mechanism for operatively connecting the film feed shaft With said gear Wheel or disconnecting it therefrom, and means .normally engagingsaid plate with said support but shiftable to disengage the plate from `the driven shaft and movable into engagement with either one` of said loose bevel gear Wheels, and camera rotating `mechanism adapted to be operatively connected to said driven shaft. i

, 26. A moving picture camel, f including ai support upon which the camera is mounted for rotatable movement, filinfeeding mecha- `iiism` including anl intermittently actuated film feed shaft, a `pinion carried on'tlie film vfeed shaft, a gear Wheel with which the pinsupport to permitthe `baseplate andcamera to rotate freely upon the support 22'. A moving' picture camera including a support, a vertically disposed gear segment thereon, a camera mounted on said support for rotation in a vertical p1ane, a film" feed mechanism including an intermittently actuated film feed shaft,-mechanism` on they camera engagingsaid. gear segment, and means .forl operatively engaging the film feed shaft 'With said mechanism or disen` gaging it therefrom. f

23. A moving picture camera including av support upon Whichth'e'camera is mounted for rotatable movement, a gear Wheel ried by the camera, film feeding mechanismv'- including an intermittently driven film feed shaft, a. lworm gear engaging saidf'gea'r Wheel, and `means for operatively connecting the Worm gear with said film feed shaft, or disconnecting it. therefrom whereby to rodianposition, means for shifting` the clutch sleeve, and camera rotating devicesy adapted to be operativelyl connected to the driven shaft. A

' 27.. A moving picture camera including a support upon which the camera is mounted for lrotatable movement, film feeding mechanisin vincluding an intermittently actuated lm feed shaft, ay 'pinion thereon, a gear Wheel with which the pinion engages, a bevel c gearv Wheel moving with the irstnamed gear wheel, a"*driven shaft extending across the vface of the bevel gearfivheel,oppositely dis.

,posed loose bevel pinions on said shaft engaging diametrically opposite portions of the bevel gear Wheel and formed with clutch teeth, ya sleeve splined upon lthe driven shaft [and having opposit'ely disposed clutch teeth, a lever for shifting said sleeve to 'carry-the tate the camera in corelation With the-rotaf.-

` tion of-the'lm feed shaft.

24. In a moving picture camera, ya'circu-;

lar plate having an annular series of teeth,

a gear wheel engaging said teeth, a. Worm engaging said gear Wheehfilm feeding mechl anism including an intermittently actuatedt Y sleeve into engagement Withone or the other of thev bevel pinions, oppositely disposed springs holding the lever in a median posifilm feed.shafta bevel gear carried by the.v

Worm, oppositely disposedbevel gears either ofivhich may engagesaid bevel gear on the Worm and driven from said film feed shaft, and means for-.shiftin'gthe bevel gear Wheel on the worin,intororoutgofoperative engagement, With eith el'ofsaid driving bevel gearsiI 25. A moving :picture vcamera including a Asupport upon Which'j-the cameraJi'smounted for? rotatable. movement, film-.fe lng mech* anismincl'uding an intermitt Sactuated iilmffeedflshaft, a pini' 1 -geom@ -gear Wheel with -Which thefpinion engages, a. bevel ,f ,rearrrotating` With' ,the,gear Wheel, a

tion, a fixed circular rack, and a spur gear operatively mounted upon the camera and engaging said rack, anda Worm on the driven shaft engaging said spur gear.l

28. A'moving picture `camera including a support upon Whichthe camera. is mounted 'for r'rotatable movement, an intermittently operated film feeding shaft,a pinion on said shaft, a gear wheel engaging With the pinion` :a bevel gear wheel rotatable `with the first named gear Wheel, ay driven shaft, oppositely driven shaft, oppositely di'sposedfloose bevel gears on the driven shaft engaging the first named gear Wheel and formedwith clutch lmembers, a sliding clutch splined vonV the disposed loose pinions on the driven shaft engaging the bevel Wheel, a sliding clutch sleeve on the driven shaft movable into en gagement with either one of the pinions, a

lever foroperating the clutch sleeve, and camera rotating mechanism adapted to be operatively connected to the driven shaft.

29. A moving picture camera including a support upon which the camera is mounted for rotatable movement in a'vertical plane, an intermittently actuated film feed shaft,

V in said drivenshaft, a Worm carried on the Adriven shaft, a slide engaging the end ofl a pinion on the film feed shaft, a gear wheel with which the pinion engages, a bevel gear wheel movable with said first namedV gear Wheel, a driven shaft, loose bevel pineither one of Ithe bevel pinions` with the driven shaft, a worm onl the drivenl shaft,

and a fixed segment. gear extending up` through the bottom of the camera and with which said Worm engages.

30. A moving picture camera including a support upon which the camera is mounted for rotatable movement in a vertical plane, an intermittently actuated film Vfeed shaft, a pinion on the lfilm feed shaft, a gear wheel with whichv the pinion engages, a bevel gear Wheel movable with said first named gear wheel, a driven shaft, loose bevel pinions on the driven shaft'engaging said bevel gear wheel, a shiftable clutch forfengaging either-one of the bevel pinions with the driven shaft, a worm on the dri-ven shaft, a fixed segment gear extending up through the bottom ofl the camera and with which said worm engages, andv means for shifting 'said worm out of engagement With the segment gear.

BLUA- moving picture camera including a support upon which the camera is mounted for rotatable movement iny a vertical plane, an intermittently actuated film feed shaft, a pinion on the film feedl shaft, a gear wheel with which the 4pinion engages, a `bevel gear wheel movable with said first named gear wheel, a driven sha-ft, loose bevel pinions on the driven shaft engaging said bevel gear Wheel, a shiftable clutch for engaging either one of the bevel pinions with the driven shaft, a worm on the -driven shaft, a fixed segment gear extending up through the bottom of thecamera and with which said Worm engages, and means for laterally shifting the worm out of engagement with the segment gear.

32. A moving picture camera including a support upon which the camera is mounted for rotatable movement in a verticai plane, an intermittently actuated film feed shaft, a pinion on the film feed shaft,'a gearwheel with'which the pinion engages, a lbevel gear wheel movable with said rst named gear wheel, a driven shaft, loose' bevel pinions on the driven shaft engaging said bevel gear Wheel, a shiftableclutch forengaging either one of the bevel pinions with the driven shaft, a worm on the driven shaft,

a fixed segment 'gear extending up through the bottom of the camera andwith which said worm engages, universal joints formed thedriven shaft, and a lever for-cactuating said slideto drawthe worm out of j engagement with the segmentgear. Y

33. A moving picture camera including a support upon which the camera is mounted,

said support having rotatable'movement in a horizontal plane, the camera being mounted upon said support for rotatable movement in a vertical plane, a circular rack forming part o-f the-first named support, a segment gear carried upon said support and projecting through the camera, a spur, gear mounted upon the camera and engaging said rack, worm gears engaging one, the segment gear and the other said spur gear, a driven shaft operated inone direction, an intermittently actuated film feed shaft, means for operatively connecting the said Shafts, means for operatively connecting either of the worm gears to said driven shaft to` rotate' the worm gears in -,either direction whereby to secure either avertie cal rotation of thev camera, a horizontal rotation of the camera, or a movement o-f the camera compounded of the two.

Sat. A moving supporting legs', a base vplate mounted thereon, a plate rotatably mounted upon the base plate and having a. circumferentialrack, a plate rotatably mounted. upon the last named plate, a shaft mounted upon the last named plate and 'forming a pivotal support for the camera for movement in a .vertical plane, a spur gear carried on said shaft and engaging said rack, means for locking the base plate to the plate above or unlocking it therefrom to permit a free rotation of the camera Ain a horizontal plane, a segment gear mounted upon theuppermost' plate and projecting into the camera, a worm gear wheel forming part of or op- .eratively connected to the gear wheel en- .gear wheel,l parallel shafts upon which1 'the worms are mounted, oppositely dispicture camera including'-` posed loose .pinions on the'sha'fts, oppo. i

sitely disposed bevel gears engaging said pmions, means for operatively connecting either pinion of a pair of pinions in engagement with the corresponding` shaft, a gear ywheel operatively connected to the bevel gear Wheels, an intermittently actuated film feeding shaft., and a pinion'thereon meshing with said last named gear wheel.-

In testimony whereof il aiiix my signature 1n presence'of two witnesses.l

Witnesses:

JosEPH- C. ZIRKLE, M. Cunvnuwnnn CLARENCE AVPHELLIPS! [It 8.] i 

